Abstract Aim: This prospective cohort study was to evaluate the independent and mutual effects of socioeconomic, oral health behaviors and individual clinical factors, including enamel hypomineralization, as possible risk factors for increase in caries experience in second primary molar (SPM) over a period of 2-years. Methods: Children (n=216) aged 4-6 years were examined for hypomineralized second primary molar (HSPM) and dental caries in school settings and were recalled every 6 months. The caregivers filled out a semi-structured questionnaire about their socio-demographic and oral health-related behaviors. Data analysis was performed using a hierarchical model with three levels. Multiple analyses were performed at each level and variables with p<0.20 were tested by stepwise multiple Generalized Estimating Equation. Results: At final examination, 33.3% of the children had developed new caries lesions in SPM. The model showed that the number of years of mother's schooling and the caregiver´s perception about their children's caries experience played a protective role in the incidence of dental caries. Children who had white spot lesions were more likely to develop new carious lesions in SPM. Children with HSPM showed no higher incidence of caries in their SPM than those without HSPM. Conclusions: Clinical, socioeconomic and behavioral factors impacted on caries development in primary second molars. However, further studies are required to better understand the role of HSPM in caries development in other age groups.

A educação em saúde é um importante instrumento para se promover a participação ativa das pessoas na conquista de sua autonomia. Desta forma, este estudo exploratório, de abordagem qualitativa, objetivou avaliar as representações em educação em saúde de graduandos de um curso de odontologia, trazendo à tona dados para a discussão sobre quais concepções têm sustentado suas práticas educativas. Os dados foram coletados por meio de um instrumento contendo a seguinte questão: particularmente, o que você entende por educação em saúde? O mesmo foi aplicado em 67 acadêmicos do último ano do curso, perfazendo 85,3 % da população-alvo. A análise dos dados foi realizada segundo os pressupostos metodológicos qualitativos do discurso do sujeito coletivo. Os resultados evidenciaram que o conceito de educação em saúde dos acadêmicos está fortemente ligado ao conceito positivista de ensinamento, instrução e prevenção de doenças, pautados na ideia de que a falta de informações dos indivíduos é que os induz a não exercerem práticas saudáveis em saúde, sendo função do profissional educar as pessoas neste sentido. Observou-se a necessidade de estratégias de ensino-aprendizagem voltadas a transformar a representação da educação em saúde por parte dos acadêmicos.

Health education is an important instrument to promote the active participation ofpeople in becoming self-reliant. Thus, the purpose of this exploratory study, conducted using a qualitative approach, was to evaluate the extent of representation in health education, of undergraduates in a dentistry course, and reveal data for discussion about the concepts that have sustained their educational practices. Data were collected by means of an instrument containing the following question: What do you particularly understand by health education? The instrument was applied to 67 academic students in the last year of the course, comprising 85.3% of the target population. Data analysis was performed according to the qualitative methodological presuppositions of Discourse of the Collective Subject. The results showed that the academic students'concept of health education was strongly linked to the positivist concept of teaching,instruction and disease prevention, rooted in the idea that the lack of information by individuals is the factor that induces them not to perform healthy practices with regard to their health, and it was the professional's responsibility to educate people on the subject of health. The need was observed for teaching-learning strategies directed towards changing the academic students' representation in health education.

A educação em saúde é um importante instrumento para se promover a participação ativa das pessoas na conquista de sua autonomia. Desta forma, este estudo exploratório, de abordagem qualitativa, objetivou avaliar as representações em educação em saúde de graduandos de um curso de odontologia, trazendo à tona dados para a discussão sobre quais concepções têm sustentado suas práticas educativas. Os dados foram coletados por meio de um instrumento contendo a seguinte questão: particularmente, o que você entende por educação em saúde? O mesmo foi aplicado em 67 acadêmicos do último ano do curso, perfazendo 85,3 % da população-alvo. A análise dos dados foi realizada segundo os pressupostos metodológicos qualitativos do discurso do sujeito coletivo. Os resultados evidenciaram que o conceito de educação em saúde dos acadêmicos está fortemente ligado ao conceito positivista de ensinamento, instrução e prevenção de doenças, pautados na ideia de que a falta de informações dos indivíduos é que os induz a não exercerem práticas saudáveis em saúde, sendo função do profissional educar as pessoas neste sentido. Observou-se a necessidade de estratégias de ensino-aprendizagem voltadas a transformar a representação da educação em saúde por parte dos acadêmicos.

Health education is an important instrument to promote the active participation ofpeople in becoming self-reliant. Thus, the purpose of this exploratory study, conducted using a qualitative approach, was to evaluate the extent of representation in health education, of undergraduates in a dentistry course, and reveal data for discussion about the concepts that have sustained their educational practices. Data were collected by means of an instrument containing the following question: What do you particularly understand by health education? The instrument was applied to 67 academic students in the last year of the course, comprising 85.3% of the target population. Data analysis was performed according to the qualitative methodological presuppositions of Discourse of the Collective Subject. The results showed that the academic students'concept of health education was strongly linked to the positivist concept of teaching,instruction and disease prevention, rooted in the idea that the lack of information by individuals is the factor that induces them not to perform healthy practices with regard to their health, and it was the professional's responsibility to educate people on the subject of health. The need was observed for teaching-learning strategies directed towards changing the academic students' representation in health education.

Este texto procura contextualizar as transformações ocorridas nas práticas de educação em saúde desde o cenário político no final do século XIX, quando se organizaram as primeiras iniciativas ampliadas do Estado brasileiro no campo da saúde, até a criação do Sistema Único de Saúde.

This text aims to contextualize the transformations occurred in the practice of health education since the political scenario in the end of 19th century, when the first extended initiatives of the Brazilian State in the health field were organized, until the creation of the Brazilian Unified Health System.

Este texto procura contextualizar as transformações ocorridas nas práticas de educação em saúde desde o cenário político no final do século XIX, quando se organizaram as primeiras iniciativas ampliadas do Estado brasileiro no campo da saúde, até a criação do Sistema Único de Saúde.

This text aims to contextualize the transformations occurred in the practice of health education since the political scenario in the end of 19th century, when the first extended initiatives of the Brazilian State in the health field were organized, until the creation of the Brazilian Unified Health System.